Logistics Viewpoints
JUNE 29, 2023
PO Collaboration involves close coordination with suppliers to procure materials based on order specifications, tracking delivery timelines, and aligning production schedules to meet customer delivery expectations. Make to Order: Here, products are manufactured based on specific customer orders. Nari Viswanathan is currently Sr.
Supply Chain Shaman
JULY 30, 2022
However, two decades later, there is still no technology solution to enable demand visibility or help companies use channel data to translate demand into an inventory, replenishment, or manufacturing strategy. The decline in inventory turns uses cash. I pulled up my covers to go to sleep four hours later. My question is, “Why?”
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The Logistics of Logistics
AUGUST 11, 2021
The department educates students to succeed in careers such as procurement, manufacturing, inventory management, warehousing, transportation, and customer service. In 1940, the iron skillet was manufactured in Wisconsin from iron ore mined from Michigan and Minnesota.
Supply Chain Opz
JANUARY 8, 2015
In this guest commentary, John McKeller , senior lecturer for the Wisconsin School of Business Grainger Center for Supply Chain Managemen t at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, explains four key considerations for successfully integrating a firm’s strategy with supply chain management. Create the right metrics and monitor them.
The Logistics of Logistics
OCTOBER 12, 2012
Chuck Intrieri is a: Certified Value Engineer (VE), Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM), Certified Production and Inventory Control Manager (CPIM), and is Lean Certified all of which attests to his deep understanding of operations and logistics beyond the confines of the purchasing function.
The Logistics of Logistics
MARCH 11, 2013
Among the real time supply chain focus areas highlighted are multi-level inventory optimization (flow of goods through a given number of locations), demand signal repository (holds downstream data for better plans/responsiveness), sales and operations planning, and leveraging the point of sales (POS) data across the supply network.
Logistics Viewpoints
DECEMBER 14, 2023
And even before they begin, they must realize these problems are too big for any single team—supply chain must connect with finance and procurement to treat the n-tier suppliers as an extended part of their network and become their preferred customer. For this to happen, finance needs to be in lockstep with procurement.
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